Zacht Ei - A bit of roaring lion

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

A bit of roaring lion

The Dutch tend not to like nationalism, except when it's about soccer or when we are really, really mad.

So I liked this comment at Tim Blair's site:

'Never ever f**k with them. Slow to anger, they are utterly determined and utterly ruthless when they have to be, this is how they defeated the Spanish, built an empire, and taught the world about commerce.'

In other words, beware the anger of a patient man. Considering the things that have happened the past week, which I would never have deemed possible two weeks ago, I'm inclined to agree. After all, the motto beneath the two lions in our coat of arms doesn't say "Je Maintiendrai" (I Will Maintain) for no reason.

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Slow to Anger? This must be true, because after four years of Nazi occupation, the Dutch still were placid.

Kevin (ip:128.220.107.41) 10 November 2004 - 18:48 uur

"There is a sobbing of the strong
And a pall across the land,
But the people in their sobbing
Bare the iron hand.
Beware the people sobbing
When they bare the iron hand."

- Herman Melville, on the occasion of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Jeffersonian (ip:65.204.197.35) 10 November 2004 - 20:30 uur

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